28. In an interview, Williams revealed Society of Dead Poets it was one of his favorite films in which he appeared.
“There was something about that movie that affected people beyond just a movie,” he said. “I met a guy who said, 'Mr. Williams, I saw the movie.' Dead Poets and I used to work for a big corporation, I took off my business suit, I burned it and now I have an art gallery.' I said, “Now I have to buy you a lot of art!”.
In a Reddit AMA, he revealed that Weir is one of his favorite directors he's ever worked with. For Weir, in a 1990 interview, he said he knew the comic actor could play the “quieter, more thoughtful” Keating because he “had met that quieter, more thoughtful, funny man” when he first met Williams time
29. After Williams' tragic death in 1919, the words “Oh Captain, my Captain” took on a whole new meaning, with many tributes using the famous Society of Dead Poets line to honor the actor. But most of all it took on new meaning for Hawke, who said the line that fans have repeated to him so many times over the years.
“When he died, I read the whole poem and it's kind of devastating,” she said Vanity Fair from Walt Whitman poem
30. When filming began, Hawke believed Williams disliked him as he tried to stay in character, much to the improv-loving actor's chagrin. “The more he didn't laugh, the crazier he got,” Hawke recalled. “So I thought he hated me because he was constantly messing with me.” Of course, he didn't, with Hawke receiving a phone call from Williams' agent after the film that would change his career forever.
“'[Williams] he says you're going to be somebody and I should sign you,'” he recalled. “He got my first agent and he's still my agent now.”
